Long story short because I thought the details were not important, Eiji had finished making armor and gauntlets for Bell. Hestia was grateful to him, especially when knowing the descriptions of the equipment, her favorability towards him increased by two points.
Hestia and even Hephaestus thought the equipment was no less outstanding than the equipment Eiji had made for his familia members. They did not suspect anything was wrong with the equipment.
At the same time, Bell who was walking back to his familia house shuddered. He had a bad feeling.
Eiji smiled, that smile containing cunning and evil intent hidden like a villain.
"In that case, I'll leave now. I will definitely attend the feast of that god named Apollo. I hope at that time, I can see you wearing a beautiful dress, Hephaestus."
Before leaving Valka's Crimson Chamber, he did not forget to tease Hephaestus.
But, her favorability towards him did not increase anymore. It was still stuck at 99.
"You want me to wear... Alright." Hephaestus said shyly. Before this, they had talked about the party Apollo was holding and learned that Eiji was also invited.
In the past, she had never been enthusiastic in attending such parties because she had a complex on her disability. But now? She was looking forward to the party and wanted to see Eiji there again soon.
When Hephaestus smiled at Eiji, the people passing in front of Valka's Crimson Chamber were surprised. They were mesmerized by the appearance of the Goddess of Smithing who no longer wore an eye patch over one eye.
"What about me? Hey Eiji, are you also looking forward to me wearing a ball dress?" With a rather sour voice, Hestia tugged at the hem of Eiji's clothes.
Eiji lowered his head to look at Hestia, "Of course, you too Hestia."
"Really? Hehe... My dresses aren't very pretty, so don't get your hopes up, okay?"
The short goddess with twintails giggled and made a very cute expression.
"...." Hephaestus.
Hestia also seemed to have...
Even though she was her best friend, she wouldn't give in!
Eiji enjoyed the silent competition between the two women. He left the place with Hestia, and parted ways with her when they had to turn in different directions.
On the other side.
When Hephaestus re-entered her familia's headquarters, she was confronted by Tsubaki and several of her familia members. They froze, and gaped when they saw her face, or rather her right eye.
"He-Hephaestus-sama... Your eye...! Your right eye is healed!?"
"Uwaaahhh! Hephaestus-sama, you look even more beautiful!"
"Congratulations Hephaestus-sama!"
"Who healed you, Hephaestus-sama? Was it that handsome man earlier!?"
Tsubaki and the others looked happy with their Goddess' recovery, some of them even cried, they surely knew she had been tormented by her disability for a long time.
Hephaestus was moved, she nodded and told them about Eiji. He was the one who had healed her eye, and amazed her with his blacksmithing skills.
Currently their familia had also made a super exclusive contract with his familia.
"If we meet again, I will definitely thank him for healing you, Hephaestus-sama!"
"Still, is that true? Eiji-sama is also actually an iron pandei who is no less than you?!"
Tsubaki asked excitedly.
"Yes, he is. But Tsubaki, why are you asking?" Hephaestus replied and then asked curiously.
Tsubaki patted her large chest, "If possible, I'd like to learn from him too."
"Um... You'd better not do that."
"Huh? Why?"
Hephaestus did not mind Tsubaki wanting to learn from Eiji or even become his apprentice. However, it also depended on whether Eiji agreed and according to him...
Tsubaki would not be able to learn Eiji's blacksmithing technique because it was at a level only possible for gods to do.
On the other side.
Eiji made a surprised expression when he saw the guests who came to his familia's headquarters.
In the training field, he could see Artoria who was teaching Ais sword techniques. In the study room, Morgan was giving magic courses to two elves, Riveria and Lefiya.
From Medusa, he learned the details of when the beautiful women from Loki Familia paid another visit to his familia's home.
How could he not be happy?
Still, it wasn't just them. There was Freya—ahem, I mean Syr who visited him because she seemed impatient to fulfill the promise she made between them.
In Seiya Familia's living room.
"Syr, have you been waiting long? Before returning here, I was busy with some business." Eiji said to the woman sitting in front of him.
He couldn't help glancing at her up and down, as she dressed up and made herself look even more beautiful in a knee-length white dress.
Her gray-blue hair was tied in a small knot to form a ponytail hairstyle. Her eyes were the same color as her hair, and her skin was smooth and light peach-colored.
[Worthy of being the alter ego of the Goddess of Beauty Freya. Dressed up to that extent, Syr came to my familia's house just to woo me!]
[Is her patience running out? Yare-yare.]
The heroines: "...."
You sound excited, Eiji.
Even though you know that woman has ulterior motives for meeting you.
Hearing Eiji's inner voice, Ais' concentration was distracted and she again failed to avoid Artoria's sword hilt that slammed into her sword.
"Ahh!"
"Focus, Ais. This is not the time to think about a man."
As a master, Artoria reprimanded her apprentice.
Ais groaned in pain, she held one of her hands that had just been hit and took back her sword that fell to the ground.
What Artoria said embarrassed her, but she didn't argue because she didn't know what to say.
The camera returns to the living room.
Freya/Syr still couldn't hear Eiji's inner voice, but she was happy to see the way he looked at her.
She was becoming more and more confident.
"I've been waiting for over an hour, but that's okay... Medusa-san gave me a cup of tea and Scáthach-san talked to me."
"I also enjoyed watching how Pendragon-san trained the famous Wallenstein-san. You have great familia members, Eiji-sama."
From what Syr said, she had obviously been informed of the identities of his familia members.
When seeing those extremely beautiful women for the first time, she was surprised of course and a little jealous.
Especially Scáthach, she was not only as beautiful as a goddess, Freya/Syr felt she could see deep inside her and the sparkle of her soul made her shudder. It was dark, blood red, and cold as death.
It was intriguing, but it also disgusted her.
She could know that the woman seemed to have killed many living beings including humans. However, she did not know that among her victims were also gods.
"Is that so? I'm proud of my familia members. By the way... I don't remember me ever telling you where I live, Syr."
Eiji didn't mind Freya knowing the identities of his familia members. He decided to continue making small talk with her.
[Scáthach: This woman is strange, Eiji.]
[Medusa: I feel the same way.]
[Eiji: That's natural. She's basically a goddess pretending to be human to woo me.]
Although Scáthach and the other women in the familia chat group already knew Syr's true identity, hearing it directly from Eiji left them speechless.
"I knew that from the rumors circulating lately. Eiji-sama, you and your familia are very famous. Almost everyone in Orario has probably heard a thing or two about you."
"I heard you live here. That's why I decided to visit you."
Syr lied naturally.
There was a sweet smile on her face when she said all that. In fact, she knew all that information from her familia members who had gathered information about Eiji for her.
"Oh? Now that you've met me. Is there anything else you want from me, Syr?"
"Yes!" Syr without hesitation said, "Eiji-sama, I met you to fulfill my promise. I thought you forgot, so I took the initiative to offer you my services."
Services?
Woman, your words can make people misunderstand!
I know you did it on purpose. Because right now, there were also Medusa and Scáthach sitting on the other sofa.
They looked at their man with a flat stare.
"Ahem! You mean about you wanting to take me around Orario and show me nice places, right?"
Eiji pretended to cough, he was pretending too. To be precise, everyone in the room was pretending!
Scáthach and Medusa would certainly not be angry just because Eiji wanted to receive lewd services from Syr.
After all, they had long known he was very perverted.
However, Syr did not know this and thought she had successfully provoked the women. She giggled gracefully, "That's what I meant, Eiji-sama. However, I prefer to call it a 'date' if you don't mind."
[Medusa: This woman doesn't seem happy with us.]
[Scáthach: Fufu. Not only that, she seems to be very possessive. Eiji, you might have a hard time.]
[Morgan: What right does that bitch have to think our husband is hers? Should I freeze that bitch?]
[Artoria: Morgan, calm down!]
At the same time, Riveria and Lefiya, who were in high spirits after hearing how magic from another universe worked suddenly froze.
They felt a chill from Morgan and her beautiful face looked grim.
Gosh, who provoked her!?
"Sorry Morgan-san, did we say something wrong?" Riveria asked.
"No, you two are good apprentices. I'm just annoyed with the bitch downstairs."
"...."
Riveria and Lefiya looked at each other.
Bitch?
Is that Syr?
Before coming up to the second floor, they had also met her and yes, they knew she was Freya in disguise.
Fortunately before coming here, they had managed to keep Loki from following them in some way. Otherwise, the situation would have been even more chaotic.
"Well, it just so happens that I have nothing else to do this afternoon. Scáthach, Medusa, I'm going out with Syr."
Eiji casually told his two women.
None of them were angry or prevented him. Scáthach even said, "Have fun."
That made Syr feel like she was punching cotton.
Her lips twitching, she followed Eiji out to the front gate. After that, she herself led the way while hugging one of his hands.
Bell was about to blush in that situation, Eiji enjoyed the soft sensation of Syr's body now pressed against his and said nothing about it.
It was a normal thing for a veteran like him. Right, Leme?
[That's right, our King. And just a suggestion, you should probably take that woman to your hotel room and have some fun with her right away.]
At that moment, Leme pointed out Syr's positive level to him.
Eiji was not surprised. After all, he knew Syr was a yandere from the original work. However, he was in no hurry and had to straighten her out first.
How could he not?
[Freya/Syr's positive level on the Harem King: 101 (Possessive Love + Infatuation + Greedy For Your Body And Soul + Wants You To Be Her Dog Like Other Men)]
The last part should be omitted.
He had an idea for that.
Freya would certainly suffer until she could only live for him.
Eiji smiled slightly, he looked at Syr's cheerful face with a deep gaze like...
[Yandere. You are also a yandere, host.]
Miss System, you're wrong.
Eiji thought it was normal for a man to want the woman he was interested in to only have him in her heart. Otherwise, they could potentially become a cuck.
Take protagonist Kazuya for example. He often imagined himself being NTR's victim in the original work. In this life, Eiji had given him some real experience.
While walking through the bustling market, the smell of fresh bread from the shops began to waft and Syr often asked him to taste some of the cakes she bought for him.
She even tried feeding him while sitting on a lawn chair, which made for a romantic atmosphere.
Eiji didn't refuse of course.
"Those were some of my favorite sweet shops." Syr spoke in a voice like a melody in Eiji's ears. She was still holding his arm, and continued to woo him with her every move. She then pointed to a street where the buildings looked dense. "Then over there is the Daedalus Street shopping area, though we must be careful not to get lost in its maze."
The area called Syr referred to a large, densely populated area in the east/southeast of Orario, notorious for its confusing architecture and difficult to get out of if you got into it.
It was often called the Labyrinth or the Second Dungeon.
"I just found out about that. Accepting dating services from Syr was indeed the right choice." Eiji lied casually, and even wrapped his arm around the woman's shoulder he was referring to.
He could feel many men passing by them looking at him with envious gazes.
'Today's weather is nice too.' he thought.
Syr blushed, she and Freya were completely embarrassed just because of Eiji's sweet actions and words.
She was getting more and more infatuated with him.
She even thought of not waiting until Apollo's party started and instantly transforming into her true self before activating her charms.
However, Freya refrained. She was now Syr and enjoying the date she had with Eiji.
"!" Still, deep inside herself. Horn was not only embarrassed, she was also angry that Eiji dared to take the initiative to touch her goddess!
But since her own goddess was enjoying it, she could do nothing and continued to watch everything that was happening from Syr's point of view.
She was the invisible third person there.
Eiji was amused because in his eyes, he could also see Horn's soul inside Syr's body ready to switch positions with Freya at any time.
"Ara. I'm glad Eiji-sama likes my services." Syr said that shyly.
Soon, she invited him to continue their journey. Eiji was again locked in, to be precise Syr hugged his arm and pressed her curvaceous body against him.
Yare-yare, this woman was very sticky.
In addition to the gazes of the people they passed, Eiji also certainly felt the gaze of someone unusual.
The jealousy and hatred he felt was very obvious.
The corner of Eiji's lips lifted higher, he pulled Syr into his arms and seized the moment when a pedestrian almost hit her.
"Ah... Eiji-sama, you surprised me."
"Sorry, it's very crowded here. I was just worried you'd get hit earlier. Let's continue."
He was in no hurry to release the woman from his embrace.
"O-Okay." Syr stammered, her face flushed and she looked at the extremely handsome face in front of her in a daze.
The scene was so sweet that the vice-captain of Freya Familia—a Cat People named Allen Fromel was furious. The veins in his neck tightened, and he ground his teeth loudly.
"Damn... even if he's a god, how dare he touch Freya-sama carelessly..."
His voice was like a cat's growl. His right hand gripped his silver spear tightly until his knuckles turned white.
From that distance, a Level 6 like Allen could hear their conversation—every tease Eiji threw out and every spoiled laugh Syr let out. To him, it was an insult.
Just like Ottar and the rest of the Freya Familia, he loved Freya and wanted her love. But unlike the others, he was more possessive to the point of wanting to kill Eiji now.
Even so, he restrained himself because he knew very well the rules. This was his goddess' "game". Anyone who was the target of Freya's interest—both as herself and as Syr—was a figure that was forbidden to touch without direct orders from her. The slightest interference to spoil her mood could mean severe punishment, or worse, losing her place at her side.
Allen did not want to be punished. So, he could only endure the feeling of wearing a green hat that was now shining on top of his head.
"Hahaha." Eiji laughed while they were walking.
Syr was confused, "Eiji-sama, why are you suddenly laughing? Is there something funny?"
"There is one. I saw a cat that was jealous because it saw its mother on a date."
"!?" Allen's ears twitched, he wondered if Eiji was talking about him?
No way, right?
However, a feeling of humiliation welled up in his heart and he almost went crazy with anger.
Syr didn't know Eiji was mocking one of her familia members. She asked where the cat was, but he said the cat had now gone into hiding.
They continued walking and visited a few more places. Whether it was intentional or not, Eiji was sure it was the last one. Syr even told him where the good hotels were as if giving him some sort of code.
However, what got his attention a little distracted was a place with lights that were already interrupting even though the sun hadn't set yet.
"That is the entertainment district. Eiji-sama, you should never come there. That area is the Ishtar Familia's territory. That woman... I mean that goddess is no good. Even if you're a god, who knows she'll try to kidnap you so she can have fun with you."
When saying that, Syr looked serious because she really didn't want Eiji to get close to Ishtar.
Eiji just agreed to what Syr said, he certainly wasn't interested in cheap women. However, he suddenly remembered a beautiful woman who needed a hero in that place.
[This is why it's important to write down your goals so you don't forget. Now I just remembered that in this world, I can also give a suitable sister to Yasaka and Kunou.]
"???" Yasaka.
What does her husband mean?
She's not sure.